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Tom McClintock: “We just don't follow [the 1974 Budget Act] because it…”

Featuring: Tom McClintock, Republican | U.S. House California, District 5

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Stephanie Bice Asks McClintock: What Should Congress Be Looking At While Reforming Budget Process?

Published | Video Starts at 01:54

I continue to believe that the budget process outlined in the 1974 Budget act is methodical. It is logical. The problem is We just don't follow [the 1974 Budget Act] because it requires hard decisions. That's on us. But we can't. There. There is that one impediment, though, that we keep running into. (01:54–01:58)

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Asserts that the 1974 Budget Act is not followed due to the difficulty of decisions it requires.

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